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The Cisco Business Application Engineer Specialist certification is for application engineers that design, develop and build, business applications, who are looking to leverage the programmability capability of the new open network environment. These skills will allow the engineer to leverage API capabilities in order to collect information from the network. The Cisco Business Application Engineer Specialist certification is a certification for application engineers who need to enhance their networking skills through foundational networking knowledge and foundational knowledge of the Programmability features. Unlike other SDN courses and certifications this program combines hands on experience with foundational knowledge for a successful blend of technology and theory which is understandable by Business Application Engineers.

The best way to prepare for the certification is to take the Cisco-approved training:

Integrating Business Applications with Network Programmability

This course teaches students the networking skills needed to develop or deploy business applications (such as SAP, Oracle) leveraging the programmability of an open infrastructure as more features will be added to the programmability of the various networking products. Purpose of this course is to enhance the Business Application Engineers development skills through foundational networking knowledge and foundational knowledge of the Programmability features. If you are already skilled in networking fundamentals, this course is not for you.
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To earn this Cisco certification, you must pass the following exam(s):

600-501 NPIBA

This exam tests a candidate's ability to use the programmability of an open infrastructure to develop and deploy business applications. It also tests how well the candidate can build an application with API capabilities to collect information from the network when needed.